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    Gigō Funakoshi (Japanese: 船越義豪, Hepburn: Funakoshi Gigō, Funakoshi Yoshitaka) (1906 – 24 November 1945) was the third son of Gichin Funakoshi (the founder...
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    1949. In addition to being a karate master, Funakoshi was an avid poet and philosopher. His son, Gigō Funakoshi, is widely credited with developing the foundation...
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  • personality Eiji Funakoshi (船越 英二, 1923–2007), Japanese actor Gichin Funakoshi (船越 義珍, 1868–1957), Okinawan master of karate Gigō Funakoshi (船越 義豪, 1906–1945)...
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  • Look up gigo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gigo may refer to: Gigo Gabashvili (1862–1936), Georgian painter and educator Gigō Funakoshi (1906–1945)...
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    dojo (Karate school) operated by Gigō Funakoshi, the third son of karate master and Shotokan founder Gichin Funakoshi. He became a student, and began his...
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    various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906–1945). Gichin Funakoshi was born in Okinawa and is widely...
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    basic drills first invented by Gigō Funakoshi (son of Gichin Funakoshi). Taikyoku series: developed by Gichin Funakoshi as a preliminary exercise before...
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    around 80% kata (patterns) and 20% kihon (basics), and that Funakoshi and his son, Gigō Funakoshi, would divide the teaching load evenly between them. Nishiyama...
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  • occasion he had already trained in judo, kendo, and aikido. With Funakoshi, his son Gigō Funakoshi, and Takeshi Shimoda, Egami traveled around Japan staging...
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    language, and began learning karate under Gichin Funakoshi and his son Yoshitaka (also known as Gigō). He had originally planned to continue his training...
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  • within practice schedule. Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) Isao Obata (1904–1976) Takeshi Shimoda (1901–1934) Gigō Funakoshi (1906–1945), Gichin's third son...
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  • Gichin Funakoshi, and was inspired to begin studying that art under Funakoshi himself. He also trained under Funakoshi's son, Gigō Funakoshi, before...
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  • Japanese Iaido master and a student of both Gichin Funakoshi and his son Yoshitaka (Gigo) Funakoshi; it remains as one of the most traditional schools...
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    was taught by Genshin Hironishi, then ranked 4th dan. He later met Gigō Funakoshi there, only two years before the latter's death due to illness. On 29...
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    Okinawan language practitioner and activist Gichin Funakoshi, martial artist, founder of Shotokan Gigō Funakoshi, martial artist Gackt, pop rock singer-songwriter...
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  • started training in shotokan under the tutelage of Gichin Funakoshi and his son Gigō Funakoshi, who was the instructor in charge of Chuo's karate club....
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    Norris David Akutagawa Elisa Au Fumio Demura George Kotaka Gichin Funakoshi Gigo Funakoshi Harold Howard Isaac Florentine Kiyou Shimizu Mabuni Kenei Manzo...
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  • Kenpo Travis Fulton (1977–2021), American Kenpo Gichin Funakoshi (1869–1957), Shotokan Gigō Funakoshi (1906–1945), Shotokan Manny Gamburyan (born 1981), Kyokushin...
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  • Shotokan Taikyoku kata. They were created by Yoshitaka “GigōFunakoshi Sensei, the son of Gichin Funakoshi Sensei who named them. The Japanese name Taikyoku...
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  • punches. Gichin "Shoto" Funakoshi Sensei named the set of three Taikyoku kata developed by his son Yoshitaka “GigōFunakoshi Sensei. In his book "Karate-do...
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    Nakayama also taught kendo and Iaido to Gigō Funakoshi, third son of Shotokan karate founder Gichin Funakoshi, who gave his father's karate a more Japanese...
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    his two primary teachers. Funakoshi Gichin learned kata from Kenwa Mabuni: In order to expand his knowledge he sent his son Gigō to study kata in Mabuni's...
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    is similar to the teachings of Gichin Funakoshi and modifications made by Funakoshi's son Yoshitaka Funakoshi. JKA Shotokan differs slightly in that...
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    finally to Japan in the early 1900s. Gichin Funakoshi (Funakoshi Gichin) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka Funakoshi, 1906–1945), founded Shotokan karate. Shotokan...
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